Macon County, Illinois Bounty Land Claim of William FORIN - 1850
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Transcribed and submitted by Valerie F. Crook, vfcrook @trellis.net
November 1998
State of Illinois}
County of Macon }
On this the nineteenth day of December AD 1850 personally appeared before me,
a Justice of the peace within and for the County and State aforesaid William Forin
aged Fifty Eight years a resident of Macon County in the State of Illinois who
being duly sworn according to Law, declairs, that he is the identical William
Forin, who was a prvate in the company commanded by Captain Daniel Huffman in
the 4th of Virginia Militia commanded by Colonel McDowell in the war with Great
Britian declaired by the United States on the 18th day of June 1812 -----
That he volunteered at Lexington, Rockbridge County Virginia on or about the
4th day of July AD 1813, for the term of six months and continued in actual
service in said war for the term of six months and was honorably discharged
at place call The Peach Orcard, near Norfolk Va on or about the 11th of
January 1814 as will appear by the Muster Rolls of said Company -------------
And he further declairs, that he received his regular certificate of discharge,
and has lost the same, -- that he was in the courc of said service transfered
from the command of Captain Huffman to Captain Gilkison, and afterward to the
command of Captain Danil Mathews, in said Regiment, by whom he received his
discharge and that that said Regiment was Commanded by Colonel Kuntz at said
discharge, He also declairs that his name was sometimes called William Furin
and sometimes William Forehand, and that it may be possible that his name so
appears on the said Muster Rolls, and that he make these dates from his best
recollection.
He makes this declaration for the purpose of obtaining the bounty Land to
which he may be entitled under the act granting bounty Land to certain
officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the Military service of
the united States, passed September 28 1850.
his
William X Forin
mark
Witness
Wm Martin [?]
Sworn to and subscribed before me the day and year above written. And I
hereby certify that I believe the said William Forin to be the identical
man who served as aforesaid and that he is of the age above stated.
Wm. Prather (Justice of the Peace)
State of Illinois}
Macon County }SS
I, Warner W. Oglesby, Clerk of the County Court of said County, do hereby
certify that Wm Prather Esq., whose name appears to the foregoing Certificate
is, and was at the time of signing the same an acting Justice of the Peace
of said county, duly commifsioned and sworn, and as such, full faith and
credit are due all of his official acts.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto sucscribed my name
and affixed my seal of office as Clerk of the COunty Court
of said County at Decatur, this 19th day of December
A. D. 1850
Warner W. Oglesby Clk
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Decatur Illinois June 29, 1853
Hon. Commifsioner of Pensions
Washington City.
Herewith please find, correspondence from department, in relation
to William Forins application for Bounty land Warrant for services
in War with great Britain (1813) his application was forwarded to
department on 19 Decr 1850, for six months services, the difficulty
in training his term of services from the Rolls was in consequence
of his having been transfered to another company, at Norfolk. The
old man is really entitled to Eighty acres, but requested by letter
of the 1 October 1851 that for forty acre Warrant might be forwarded
to him. Sice that time he has had no reply from the department.
I now send this communication from the Department ans ask that the
Forty acre Warrant may be forwarded without delay to addresf of
William Prather Decatur Illinois, if such has not been done if so
it never came to hand.
Respectfully
Wm. Prather for William Forin